triceps
Appearance
See also: tríceps
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin trīceps (“triple-headed”), from trēs (“three”) + caput (“head”). See there for more details.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪ.sɛps/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]triceps (plural triceps or tricepses)
- (anatomy) Any muscle having three heads.
- (anatomy) Specifically, the triceps brachii.
- 2010, Christina T. Loguidice, Bill Loguidice, Wii Fitness For Dummies:
- Kickbacks work the triceps muscle at the back of your arm. Exercising these muscles helps eliminate arm jiggle.
Synonyms
[edit]- (muscle in the arm): triceps brachii, triceps extensor cubiti
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]any muscle having three heads
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triceps brachii — see triceps brachii
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin triceps (“three-headed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]triceps m (plural tricepsen)
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *triskaputis. Equivalent to trēs (“three”) + -ceps (“headed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtri.keps/, [ˈt̪rɪkɛps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈt̪riːt͡ʃeps]
Adjective
[edit]triceps (genitive tricipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- triple-headed, having three heads
- divided into three parts
- 1504, Gregor Reisch, Margarita Philosophica[1], Strasbourg, page titular:
- Philosophia triceps: naturalis, rationalis, moralis.
- Tripartite philosophy: natural, rational, moral.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
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masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
nominative | triceps | tricipitēs | tricipitia | ||
genitive | tricipitis | tricipitium | |||
dative | tricipitī | tricipitibus | |||
accusative | tricipitem | triceps | tricipitēs | tricipitia | |
ablative | tricipitī | tricipitibus | |||
vocative | triceps | tricipitēs | tricipitia |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “triceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “triceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- triceps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French triceps, from Latin triceps.
Noun
[edit]triceps m (plural tricepși)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | triceps | tricepsul | tricepși | tricepșii | |
genitive-dative | triceps | tricepsului | tricepși | tricepșilor | |
vocative | tricepsule | tricepșilor |
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]triceps m (plural triceps)
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kap-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kap- (head)
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